@@raecooper8321 Mine died at 141,000km , in 2010 .. the transmission went , i think it was my bad , i never changed it or else i think it would have kept going because the engine was strong
We owned one back in the late 90s. Our kids called it the egg 🥚on roller skates 🤣 We drove it cross country twice and never had any issues just routine maintenance 👍
That was my first car. Learned stick in it. That little 1.3 with 63hp brought you to 110mph all the while the speedo needle shook like crazy and made you feel like it was going faster. Google blazin aspire. Thats mine the green one with all the neons. I learned everything on that car. How to.install subs neons radios and mechanical work. Simple things to clutch. Loved that little shit box.
I spot so many of these on the road still buzzing along all lights working and not looking too shabby. They call them Ford Fiesta here in Auz. Ford's most death proof model was indeed made by Kia. Note also see the Kia Rio of the same vintage surrviving in the hundreds.
Sill own this car and sill running just fine no problem and got over 350,000 km but sadly in thailand this car was sold without abs and airbags which is quite stupid and dangerous!
My mom used to have and drove this car, well the 1995 version of it but still. It was a decent car I remember growing up but that car ultimately stopped working as the battery was dead and the car itself was in bad shape of its transmission. And overall that car became nothing but scrap after a long time without her driving it.
I thought these were stylish, cute little cars back in the 90s. 0-60 in 17s is hilariously slow, even for a car of the 90s, when most every car on the road was much slower than cars of today.
BS Geo metro has a reliable engine and transmission but it rust out where the suspension control arm meets the body of the car only solution is to junk the car. It's the metro death anywhere that snows or there's salt.
I LOVE small inexpensive cars but this Aspire was a nasty little machine. My brother owned one with a manual and I drove it several times. Unlike most small cars it was not fun to drive. The interior was made out of deplorably cheap plastic. The entire car felt cheap, cheap, cheap. I always made excuses for us to take my car, so I wouldn’t have to suffer in that unpleasant junk box.
Aspire was fun to drive for its size; the egg shape is aerodynamic and the car does have some interior space. I completely DISAGREE on having one with a manual transmission! Manual transmissions do NOT achieve any better fuel mileage, for automatic transmissions have improved over the years, and are almost equivalent with manuals, sometimes better! This video may be from Canada, but in America, most drive automatic transmissions. Ford should have never cut this car, for it was fun to drive and was reliable!
My first brand new car. I loved that little thing. Slow as ever but one of the most reliable cars Ive ever owned
Still is the most reliable car I own…
@@raecooper8321 Mine died at 141,000km , in 2010 .. the transmission went , i think it was my bad , i never changed it or else i think it would have kept going because the engine was strong
Exactly. It never left me anywhere. That gas peddle was always to the floor though
Man this brings back so many memories. I remember when the stock radio wiring melted. It got a new deck and 2 10s after that.
Crazy- the more things change, the more they stay the same!! XD
This car is a successor of Festiva of the 80's.
As a cigarrete and coffee addict I was considering buying this, but that center console is just a no-go
I still have mine it's a red 5 speed 4 door originally bought it 7 years ago in California for 350$ best money ever spent
Wow.
We owned one back in the late 90s. Our kids called it the egg 🥚on roller skates 🤣 We drove it cross country twice and never had any issues just routine maintenance 👍
I remember that green car but it gone 😢
That was my first car. Learned stick in it. That little 1.3 with 63hp brought you to 110mph all the while the speedo needle shook like crazy and made you feel like it was going faster. Google blazin aspire. Thats mine the green one with all the neons. I learned everything on that car. How to.install subs neons radios and mechanical work. Simple things to clutch. Loved that little shit box.
I spot so many of these on the road still buzzing along all lights working and not looking too shabby. They call them Ford Fiesta here in Auz. Ford's most death proof model was indeed made by Kia. Note also see the Kia Rio of the same vintage surrviving in the hundreds.
They are all but gone from the US roads unfortunately
@@gregg9672I'm buying a '97 tomorrow with only 54k miles. Imacculately kept!
An early Kia made for Ford with a Mazda powertrain. Wow, Kia has come a long way from these humble beginnings...
Yeah
I am desperately trying to find one of these
Did you find one?
Did you find one?
@@ratdog356 no the ones I have found have been rotted out beyond repair
@@SquidCena no the ones I have found so far have been rotted beyond repair.
I got one for $200 a couple weeks ago! I use its for training my German Shepherds.
My first car it was a 97 2 door 5 speed I blew the motor last summer and I’m currently rebuilding it with a turbo
How many miles did you have on it when it blew?
@@pocoloco8120 roughly 200k
Sill own this car and sill running just fine no problem and got over 350,000 km but sadly in thailand this car was sold without abs and airbags which is quite stupid and dangerous!
2:26 why canadian roads have the dame Cars as latinoamérica??
My mom used to have and drove this car, well the 1995 version of it but still. It was a decent car I remember growing up but that car ultimately stopped working as the battery was dead and the car itself was in bad shape of its transmission. And overall that car became nothing but scrap after a long time without her driving it.
I thought these were stylish, cute little cars back in the 90s. 0-60 in 17s is hilariously slow, even for a car of the 90s, when most every car on the road was much slower than cars of today.
She is a cute car.
Geo/Chevrolet Metro from 95-2001 blew this thing out of the water in every way. Way safer too.
I wouldn't exactly call the Metro "safe". But I agree the Metro was a better car. Plus, it was Canadian-made!
BS Geo metro has a reliable engine and transmission but it rust out where the suspension control arm meets the body of the car only solution is to junk the car. It's the metro death anywhere that snows or there's salt.
Many years ago I had a 94 Aspire with an automatic. Embarrassing when an automatic 3 cylinder Geo Metro could out-accelerate me
Yeah the automatic sucks, which is why I'm converting mine to 5 speed. The engine revs far higher than it needs to on the highway.
I LOVE small inexpensive cars but this Aspire was a nasty little machine. My brother owned one with a manual and I drove it several times. Unlike most small cars it was not fun to drive. The interior was made out of deplorably cheap plastic. The entire car felt cheap, cheap, cheap. I always made excuses for us to take my car, so I wouldn’t have to suffer in that unpleasant junk box.
Lowest price vehicle on the market (at the time) with ABS and airbags? Honestly not too shabby.
Was this guy smoking crack.its a small car that has a 1.3L. it's not gonna race on a track.i owned one it was great.
36 years ago????
26 !!
@@billgardiner9305 yeah that's what I thought lol
There were much much nicer japanese cars in 94 for a bit more money.
Decent car if it's 5 speed manual for city commute.
fuspiah
He forgot to mention that it's a piece of crap from Kia.
Aspire was fun to drive for its size; the egg shape is aerodynamic and the car does have some interior space. I completely DISAGREE on having one with a manual transmission! Manual transmissions do NOT achieve any better fuel mileage, for automatic transmissions have improved over the years, and are almost equivalent with manuals, sometimes better! This video may be from Canada, but in America, most drive automatic transmissions. Ford should have never cut this car, for it was fun to drive and was reliable!